Giving a room, or indeed your entire home, a refresh doesn't always require a complete redesign. You can revamp a space by understanding how to work with what you already have and simply: make it more special. If the everyday objects in your home are leaving you feeling a little 'meh'...
Reflective plaster finish coating compositions, method for making reflective finish and wall, ceiling or surface formed thereby A coating composition giving a reflective appearance. A substrate surface is coated with the base coating and allowed to dry. The substrate may be cement, plaster, wood, ...
Learn how to design a bathroom that's functional yet fun. Specialty Bathrooms Specialty bathrooms aren't just for the rich and famous. These bathrooms can be immensely functional, too. Learn more about specialty bathrooms, and discover whether one is right for you. Bathroom Layout Imperatives ...
In the center of Emancipation Hall is a 19.5-foot (6 m) Statue of Freedom, the original plaster model of the allegorical figure that sits atop the Capitol dome. She is perfect to scale, and this allows you to get up close and notice the incredible detail put into the work. ...
Although sticking to the paintbrush might be more tempting, opting for wallpaper – or even combining the two and wallpapering a feature wall – can elevate your interior, as well as cover up any imperfections in the plaster of your walls that paint can’t hide. If you know how to wallpa...
Plaster is a hard and durable material, but when it gets wet it crumbles easily. Fixing a water damaged plaster ceiling can be a little more involved than fixing a drywall ceiling.
The first step of tiling a shower is to create a stable, tile-friendly surface. Tile installations require a fairly flat, stable surface that is appropriate for the adhesive thin-set mortar used to install tile. Tile installed in wet environments (like a shower), require water-resistant backer...
Instead of creating walls of solid wood, they used their sparse trees more sparingly for the walls' structure and completed the walls with infill made of a plasterlike material. Those who sailed from the British Isles and landed in New England built timber frame homes. Today, we still ...
where there are strong contrasts, between light and dark. These where often practiced, by drawing statues and plaster busts, which would be, very light in tone because they would often, be white in color or very near white, making it easy, to keep the shading, to a minimum, only emphas...
It happens to the best of best of us—an accident occurs, and your wall gets the short end of the stick. Whether you're dealing with drywall, concrete, or plaster, how can you repair the crack for good? That's where we come in! Below, we're walking you through the entire process...